Patents by Inventor David Hobson

David Hobson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4693512
    Abstract: A seating unit for a swing is disclosed and comprises a seating section and a suspension section with the seating section including a frame arrangement having a sunken seating portion therewithin. The frame arrangement is generally elongate and the suspension section is connected to one end of the frame and is adapted to in one position be upwardly angled to have a free end thereof, generally above and centered at the mid point of the elongate frame arrangement. The suspension section is movable to a storage position. A suitable suspension arrangement can be secured to the free end of the suspension section preferably at two points on the free end generally above the frame arrangement and to either side thereof. This seating unit is particularly advantageous when sized for use as an infant swing where the full advantages of collapsibility for storage or transport are utilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1987
    Inventor: J. David Hobson
  • Patent number: 4518149
    Abstract: A valve assembly for a fluid-containing tank and method of making same are provided wherein such valve assembly is mounted on a saddle fixed to a bottom portion of the tank and such valve assembly comprises a housing structure having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet defined therein, means for mounting the housing structure against the saddle and within the confines of the tank, and a bottom operable valve member carried by the housing structure and adapted to shut off fluid flow between the inlet and outlet, and wherein the inlet and outlet are defined in the housing structure on a common rectilinear flow axis and the valve member has an opening therethrough which is adapted to be aligned between the inlet and outlet to define the open position of the valve assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1985
    Assignee: Xomox Corporation
    Inventors: John F. Gardner, David Hobson